Chapter 723: That Family Is All Dead

Two years of unemployment were enough to shatter a man’s entire pride.

Before reality, all past honors, titles, and status became meaningless.

Gu Dingwen was also at an age where he had elderly parents to support and young children to raise; daily household expenses and living costs weighed heavily on him, leaving him gasping for air.

At this moment, someone offered him a lifeline…

Put yourself in his shoes.

Yu Dazhang felt he had no reason to refuse.

In other words, it wasn’t just an olive branch—it was Gu Dingwen’s last straw.

Because he could only be a doctor, and his path in China had been completely cut off; if another chance to practice medicine arose, he would never let it slip away.

Not enough.

Yu Dazhang always felt something was still missing.

Even giving Gu Dingwen a stable job wouldn’t be enough to push him to take such a desperate risk.

The other side must have done something that left him with no way back, making him so reckless.

What could be done to make Gu Dingwen both grateful to them and sever his escape route?

If it were me, how would I do it…? Unconsciously, Yu Dazhang slipped into deep thought.

Moments later, he snapped back to reality.

Combine kindness with authority!

The family that falsely accused Gu Dingwen was the key entry point.

“Investigate the family that falsely accused Gu Dingwen.”

Yu Dazhang turned to Xu Dui and ordered:

“Find out their current situation and whereabouts.”

After speaking, he suddenly realized something and added:

“Get concrete facts—find the people. I don’t want rumors or speculation.”

The moment he spoke, the conference room fell silent.

After a pause, Xu Dui also understood, and he hesitated before asking:

“Are you suspecting that the family who falsely accused Gu Dingwen has already been retaliated against?”

They hadn’t investigated the family because they had no direct connection to this case.

Besides, Gu Dingwen’s records were only just cleared today—there wasn’t enough time.

Yet from his records, it was clear he had no criminal history in China, so there was no basis for him to have retaliated against anyone.

“Just a possibility.”

Yu Dazhang nodded:

“If the other side is someone skilled at manipulating human nature, targeting someone as inherently greedy as Gu Dingwen would be easy.”

He didn’t directly say Gu Dingwen had retaliated against the family; instead, he cleverly used the word “the other side,” clearly implying something deeper.

Xu Dui naturally caught his subtext.

Gu Dingwen’s abilities alone were insufficient to retaliate against the family—even if he wanted to, he would leave traces.

Yet he had no criminal record, which alone spoke volumes.

“Understood,” Xu Dui replied:

“After the meeting, I’ll start the investigation immediately.”

The case had progressed at astonishing speed so far.

Yu Dazhang had only been in Province S for a few days, yet he had already apprehended three main suspects: Xie Wei, Zhang Qian, and Zhang Jiangke.

Using them as leads, he dismantled the suspect’s nationwide network and rescued dozens of trafficked women.

This pace of solving the case left the task force members no time to carefully ponder the reasons behind it.

In other words, even Xu Dui and the rest had fallen behind Yu Dazhang’s investigative rhythm.

Under these circumstances, obeying orders was their only option.

Even now, they couldn’t understand how he had even thought of surrogacy.

There was no help for it—this was the cognitive gap caused by the time difference.

Although Yu Dazhang had been reborn from 2024, the span of nine years might seem short, but the events that occurred in those years were enough to reshape a person’s entire worldview.

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